Trump Announces Deal for Medicare Enrollees to Get Insulin for $35 a Month

Trump Announces Deal for Medicare Enrollees to Get Insulin for $35 a Month
President Donald Trump makes remarks during an event on protecting seniors with diabetes, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, on May 26, 2020. Win McNamee/Getty Images
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WASHINGTON—Many Medicare recipients could pay less for insulin next year under a deal President Donald Trump announced Tuesday.

Medicare recipients who pick a drug plan offering the new insulin benefit would pay a maximum of $35 a month starting next year, a savings estimated at $446 annually. Fluctuating cost-sharing amounts that are common now would be replaced by a manageable sum.